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      Thb Ksight Makks . —Her Majesty h * 3 been pieased to confer the honour of knighthood upon the l ^ rd Ma yor of York , and the Mayors of liverpool , Manchester , Hull , and Portsmouth 1 What a Oare s nest . " AS "WELL AS CAN BE EXPECTED . " Since & base dirty brat of eighteen Has shot at deal Tic-bat jnst married , - Thank God that it was notihe Q ueen , But the pistol and plot that miscarried ! Abistociutic Outiugb . —The hat found at iiampton , the other night , after the "aristocratic Outrage , had not the Dime of Lord John Russell in it , as was &t first reported ; his Lordship , since the lo ? 3 of his castor on returning from Greenwich , niTariably tying it to his coat , before getting xiacchx plenus . "

      Payable at Sight . —In Bordeaux a person refused to pay a note due at sight s "because he wore green spectacles , and couldn ' t see the-instrument . There are a great many Buch green folks here . Cas ' t Read It . —We are in the regular receipt of paper entitled " Die Bauern Freund , " a name that smacks strongly of sourkrouL We intend to learn German just on purpose to read . it—it looks so very interesting . LsB jD MELBorasE is stated to hare expressed an intention of resi d ing , finding the "fatigues" of his Office too niucli for him . On being told that the tiuten intended to present him with a piece of plate , as an inducement to remain -Premier , 'his Lordship is said to have replied— ** It muse be so . ' "Plato ( plate , oh !) thou reasonest well "

      WH 0 & body of cavalry , at the renew the other cay , were ordered to wheel to the right , the gallant Field-Marshal significantly inquired of Lord Hill if tuey wonld nave to dismount for that purpose , or v = aether they could be wheeled in their Baddies . Evils op Popclaeitt . —Names , that lie . upon the ground , are not easily set on fire by the torch of envy , but those quickly catch it which are raised up fc ; fame , or wave to the breeze of prosperity . Every or . s that passes , is ready to give them a ahake and a rrj ; for there are fewer either so busy or idle as not tv i&nd a hand at undoing .

      If Rotaltt has no power over the intellect of E- ^ n , thai is , if it cannot give mind , it can impart a T . lity , or i ; would have been morally impossible for 1 riace Albert to have taken the leap ho did , on c-jaucg to this country , over the heads of all the o-nc » rs in the Army , with one or two solitary except-VlLs '

      OXFOSD BALLS . Albert was frigtened at the pistol ' s lead , And stooped to keep more cautiously a oof ! There was no reasoa for this foolish dread A Coburg ' s head is always butiet proqf . On the arrival of the Dinan diligence at Nantes , on iionoay last , an Englishman-aLighted , who was Svoat six feet in height , and calling to the attendant a- » the office , desired he would take care of his little trother , whom he had left inside . - The worthy etncial mounted the steps , expecting to receive a < uud in his arms , but to his astonishment saw a bit of a baby come forth , measuring full seven X . ' v B *

      Teetotal . —The word "teetotal" originated with a Lancashire working-man , who , being unused to to public speaking , and wishing to pronounce the Kord " total" in connexion with " abstinence from Ltoxicatinjf liquors , " hesitated , and pronounced the first letter by itaelt , and the word after it , making i cwjelher t-totaL This fact it is well to be acquainted ¦ r . th , because it sufficiently refutes the vulgar notion taat ** tee" has reference to tea . Endowed Charities is Great Britain . —The recent publication of the last division of the Report of the Charities' Commissioners closes an inquiry tvhi-jh has occupied upwards of twenty years and cosj the country at least £ 200 , 000 . It is supposed tiiat the total annual income of endowed chanties amounts to nearly 1300 , 000 .

      . New "Rbhedy foe Tas Tooth -ache . —A doctor i- Portland announces , as the latest remed y for Uniiii-adhe , the mouth must be niled witfi cream t . en yen are to bump your head against the wail till it turns to butter . Query , the wall , or the cream , or the head ? Oxford versus Oxford . —Oxford ( the Universitv T . A ths assassin ) has Toted a congntu-late-Tory AuJrcss to her Majesty on her providential escape froin tha rebellious bullets of its namesake , the potpviishing hobbledehoy who lately lived in Oxfordroveu Afi the loyalty of Alma Mater cannot be doubted , she may exclaim , in reference to the atrocity of the urchin , and the immaculate purity of her own character . " What ' s in a name I "

      The 'Character of an Atheist . —An Atheist says Butler , the author of Hudibras , is a bold disput int , that takes upon himself to prove the hardest negative in the world , and from the impossibility of the attempt , may be justly concluded not to understand it : for he that does not understand so much S 3 the difficulty of his understanding , can know toihing else of it ; and he that will venture to comprehend that which is not within his reach , does not Laow so far as his own latitude , much less the extent of that which lies beyond it . A Coustrt Apothecary being out for a day ' s shooting , took his errand-boy to carry the game-bag . Ent-ering a field of turnips , the dog pointed , and the L >> y , overjoyed at the prospect of his master ' s success , exclaimed , " Lor , master , there ' s a covey ; if yoa get near ' em , won ' t you physic ' em V

      A kkw Pabisah Fashion is for the ladies to carry canes . We desire to see this fashion introduced into our large cities , so that feilowB wno insult the girls tt night may get handsomely drubbed for their insolence . —New Fork Paper . A LiTELT Imagination—A lively imagination is a great gift , pro rided early education tutors it . If not , it is nothing but a soil equally luxuriant for all kinds of seed . —Xiebuhr .

      AX " IS " -CALCCLABLE SEBTICE . The Whigs were nearly out—the pot-boy -din Will luckily , however , keep them in J The brazes barrister will now , it is to be hoped , cease his dunn-ing at the doors or heart of Miss Bordett Coutt 3 , and allow that respectable and Te&lihy young lady to remain comfortable and quiet . He is , at all events , bonnd to be " of good behaviour , ' ¦ which we take to mean , to behave "like a good boy , " consequently , the next step , if he should again 5 rove naughty , will be to have him " well whipped . " udging from the past , we should seriously thiiik that no other way of dealing with him would be sufficient to bring him to his senses—if indeed the last be possible .

      It has bees suggested that Prince Albert would have acted much more wisely if , instead of " giving the whip " to the jockey who won the Derby , he had employed it in clearing the Palace of the nasty puppies by which it is infested . Her Majesty , when she heard of the circumstance , said " that he might give up his whip , if be chose , but she would take care not to part with the reins . " Bathing . —For youth of both sexes , cold bathing in summer , and tepid in winter , ia highly useful , and ought to be frfignently indulged in j bat greas care is to be obserrea that bathing in rivers be not commenced too early in summer , before the water has acquired a proper degree of temperature ; and , at ali times , that there be not too great a difference between the temperature of the body and that of the isater . Exposure to great and sudden varieties of temperature is always dan ^ erou * . —Curtis on Health .

      A HrsiA 5 E chimney-sweeper told a distinguished lady tha ; he had superseded the U 5 e of climbing boy ? , upon the humme principle . " Whatdo you do , " said her Ladyship to the humane man , "instead of usin § the boys ! " " Vy , " said the sweep , " instead of sending a b ' j up tha chimley , I goes to the top of the pot myself , and having tied a siring to ' the tail of a goose , I lea him down vith a string ; and then , my lady , he flaps and he flaps avay vith his vingB , vich entirely cieans the sut out of the chimiey altogether /* ° Dear me , " say s the sensitive Countess , ""but ihatnrast be exceedingly painful to the goose . " — Vy , " said the amiable sweep , " so-it is , my lady , vithoui no manner of doubt—but if your Ladyship is

      partiklar as to a goose , a conple of ducks vill do just as velL " Matbimohiai , Pledges . —At a trial which recently took place in Kendai county , Ohio , a Miss Lasher recovered 130 dollars from a Mr . Smith , for refusing to marry her according to agreement . The defendant insisted as his excuse that his inamorata wore false teeth , and false curls to boot , of a different colour from her own natural hair ; and that , with all due deference to the Court , he did not agree to marry any . such things as these . Bat the Jury gallantly decided that false teeth and false curls were very good things in tbeir place , and that if even the plaintiff wore them , ** a gal ' s a gal for a ' tlat , " and mulcted the defendant in damages .

      A Tcrkish Preacher . —One day Nasir-ed-din ascended the pulpit of the mosque , and thus addressed the congregation : — " O , true believers ! do you know whal I am going to say to yon ! " ** No , " responded the congregation . " Well , then , " replied he " there is no use of my wasting my time on such an ignorant set ; " and bo saying , he came down from the pulpit . He went to preach a second time , and asked the congregation , O , true believers ! do 5 on know' what I am goinf to say to you V a We know / ' replied the audience , Then there is no use in my telling you , " said Nasir-ed-din , and again he descended from the pulpit . When next he came to preach , and abkedhia usual question , the congregation , resolved io iiave a- trial of his powers , answered "Some of us know , and some of us do not know . " " OJ" said Narir-ed-din , " let those who . know tell those who do not know , and I shall be spared the trouWe of preachirig . ? So saying , he came down from the pulpit . —Turkith Jest Book ,

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      Theatrical Salaries . —In the year 1814 , Mr . Kean , who was putting into the Drury Lane treasury a nightly average of £ 484 , as set down in the first chapter , was content , after his success was established , to sign an engagement for three years , at £ 8 , £ 9 , and £ 10 per week . He considered the committee acted with singular liberality in cancelliug ihat article , and substituting one for £ 20 per week , as some compensation for his great attraction . On the termination of this agreement , Mr . Kean stipulated for , and received to the close of his career , the sum of £ 50 par night ! A case of more inconsistent absurdity than this cannot possibly be cited ; inasmuch as at the time he was literally causing the theatre to ovarflow nightly by his exertionshe was

      con-, tent with £ 20 per week ; but when his attraction subsided , and Drury Lane frequently presented to his performance " a beggarly account of empty boxes , " nothing less than ten times that sum ( supposing him to play but four times a week ) would be accepted . Ihave before me the treaty he concluded with Mr . Price , dated 31 st December , 18-26 , on his return from a second engagement in the United States , wherein lie stipulated for half a clear benefit , in addition to £ oO per night , for twelve successive nights' performance . ¦ If , howevor , such-a deviation from the long-established regulations of the London theatres could be justified , it would be in this instance- for except under

      singular circumstances , there was always some attraction in Mr . Kewi ; he was a child of geniU 3 , a great , an original actor , "Hyperion to a batyr when compared to the pretenders who lmagme they hare succeeded him . In the season 011821 . 22 , Mr . Charles Youn g had a weekly salary of £ 20 at Covent-garden theatre , and in the following year he had a nightly one of the same amount at Drury-lane ; a scale of remuneration according to which he was paid , until his retirement from the stage . Iu the very height of their popularity snch actors as Munden , iawcett , Quick , Edwin , Irish Jonnstone , &c , had £ 14 a week ; Lewis , aa actor and maaag-er , £ 20 per week , and in January . 1812 .

      Matthews , the Matthews , the most extraordinary actor that ever lived , says , in a lett-er to Mrs . Matthews , on the subject of a proposed engagement at Covent-garden theatre— " Mow to my ofier , waichl think stupendous and maguiiicent , £ 17 per week . " John Kemble , for acting and managing had a weekly salary of £ 36 ; Miss O'Neil ' s salary , at the beginning of her brilliajit career , was £ 1 * 5 and never exceeded £ lh per week ; George Couke ( greatly attractive ) had £ 20 per week ; Mrs . Jordan ' s saiary , in the zenith of her popularity , was £ 31 1 ( K per week ; Mr . Charles Kemble , until he taeaaie his own manager , never had more than £ 28 per week ; Domon had £ 12 and never more thau £ 20 . Up to 1822 ( and during the greater part of her career 10 tfiat period she was highly attractive ) , Miss Steuheus

      uue present Dowager Countess of Essex ) had £ 20 per week ; but in the following season , at Druryl ane , she was paid at the rate of £ 60 per week . In 1822 , Mr . Macready had £ 20 per week ; in 1832 and up to 1837 ( barring an interregnum alluded to \ ° - ? o ? n ^ ediDg cna P > . he fl » d £ 30 per week , and in 1839 he nad the modesty to demand , and to receive £ 25 per night . In 1832 , Mr . Power had £ 20 per week ; he is now , and for some time past has been , in the receipt of £ 120 per week . In 1822 Mr Farren had £ 16 per week ; in 1832 , £ 30 per week ' and at present receives £ 40 per week . In 1822 , Mr . Liston had £ 17 per week ; he then sprung up to £ o 0 and £ 60 per week , and finally had £ 20 per night . Miss Ellen Tree , when engaged with me to play at both theatres , and eventually only at one , had £ 15 per week ; she went to America , stayec there two seasons , and returned to stipulate for , and

      to receive , £ 25 per night . —Bunn ' s " Stage . " Eccentricities op Genics . —Many false and exaggerated statements have been made respecting Madame Malibran ' s manners and habits of life . To the charge of being masculine she herself used to plead guilty , inasmuch as she was passionately fond of riding , andindeed of all violent exercises . She delighted in long walks . She would think nothing of travelling day and night during the mo 3 t inclement weather ; and sometimes taking the reins herself , she would mount : he coach-box , and drive amidst hail and enow . She was fond of skating , swimming , aoU fencing ; in Bhort , she excelled in every manly exercise . Yet whoever was more gentlo in her domestio circle . Who could soothe the pillow of sickness with more delicate attention ! Who , like Madame Malibran , could move tne feelicgs by the truly feminine expression of grief ?

      To DL * iB with Duke HUMPHREY . —This phrase is thus explained in the notes to Chappel ' s National Airs , a work of much andagreeable research , without which no musical library can be complete : "Tha common expression , ' to dine with Lhik- Humphrey , ' applied to persons who , unable to procure a dinner either with their own money or from their friends , loiter about during dinner tin , e , originated thusthe aisle on the south side of the body of old Saint Paul ' s Church was called Duke Humphrey ' s walke ; not because he was buried there , but because , says Stowe , ignorant people mistook the fine monument

      Of o \ r John Beauch&mp , son to Guy aud brother to Thomas Earl of Warwick , who dieo . in 1538 , for tnat of Humphrey , Duke of Uloucesnr , who was buried at St , Aiban ' s , in Hertfordshire . Iu the' Penny less Parliament / is the following : — ' And if I prove not that a mince-pie is the better weapon , let me dine twice a-week at Duke Humphrey ' s table . ' Aud in if&sbe ' s ' Wonderful , Etraunge , auu miraculous prognostication for the year 1591 : —• Sundrv fellowes in their silkes , shall be apointed to keepe Duke Humfreye company in Panles , because they know not where to get their dinners abroad . '"

      PU . NISHME 5 TS OX A SOUTHERN PLANTATION . —Is the slave late in coming into the field ? Twenty lashes Is he idle ! Thirty Ushe * . Does he disobey or neglect an order ? Forty lashes . Does ho ne * ligently waste or destroy his master ' s property ! Fifty lashes . Is he detected in a lie ? Sixty lashes . Ihe sirongiy suspected of theft ? Seventy lashes . Does be say or do anything than can be construed into insoience ? Eighty lashes . Is he guilty of the slightest act of insubordination ? One hundred lashes . Do « he venture to run awa \! Let him be

      pursued by men and dogs , disabled by small shot , and so soon as he is taken , be flogged till he faints , locked up every night , and kept on half allowance till hi 3 spirits are broken , and he becomes obedient and contented . Should he dare' upon any occasion to offer any resistanoe , let him be shot , stabbed , beat to the ground with a club ; and should he not be killed in the process , as aoon as he is so far recovered as to be able to stand , let him be subjected to all the discipline mentioned in the preceding sentence , and , inaddition , be flogged every night for thirty days in succession .

      Garkick ' s Epig ram . —In 1795 , Dr . Hill wrote a pamphlet , entitled , To David Garrick , Esq ., the petition of I , in behalf of herself and her sister . " ihe purport of it was to charge Mr . Garrick with mispronouncing some words , including the letter I —as furm for firm , vurlue for virtue , and others . The pamphlet is now sunk in oblivion ; but the following epiKram , which Mr . Garrick wrote on the occasion , deserves to be presented , and be one of the best in the English language : TO DR . HILL , CPON HIS PETITION - OF THE LETTER I TO DAVID GARRICK , . ESQ . If 'tis true , as yoa say , that I ' ve injured a letter , I'll change my notes soon , » nd I hope for the better ; May the just ri >> ht of letter ? , as well as of men , Hereafter be fixed by the tongue and the pen ! Most devoutly I wish that they both have their due—That / may never be mistaken for U .

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      TO THE BIGHT HON . LORD JOHN RUSSELL . Letter hi . OS THE STANDING ARMY . " Nothing ought to be more guarded against in a free state than making the military power , when such a one is necess&ry to be kept on foot , a bod ; too distinct from the people . " Blacksione , b . 1 , c 15 . Ml LORD , —You say , In your book , that " a rery short examination of the nature of tne standing army will convince any rational man that the real danger to be feared is , that the whole Government , consisting of its three branches of King , Lerds , and Commons , may be made to rest upon military force . "

      Right , my Lord , that is the real danger ; therefore do I , as an Englishman , deem it my duty to make a short examination into the character of these military mercenaries , whose very existence threatens not only Song , Lords , and Commons , but the welfare of the over-toiled people of this country , on whoso labour they are supported . I am a loyal subject of the realm , and therefore cannot be tempted to speak ill of onr Constitution of King . Lords , and Commons ; bat I am , my Lord , a Radical Reformer , determined to uproot , and , if possible , destroy every abuse—overthrow every obstacle

      that stands betwixt the people and their inalienable rights , and defend my countrymen against usurpation and tyranny . We are in danger ; the very source from whence King , Lords , and Commons derive their means of support are in danger . The people are reduoed to tne lowest state of misery and destitution , clothed in rags and wretchedness ; whilst myriads of gaudilyattired , well-fed , idle , and useless soldiers , swarm over the face of the country , to oversrwe those who dare to grumble ; shoot them , if they dare to demand a redrew of their grievances . Who brought the people into danger ? That old

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      boronghmongering Parliament , which yon took such wondrous pains to reform . But who kept the peoplein danger ? Your own Reformed Parliament and the Ministry of which yoa are an Honourable Member , formerly as Paymaster of the Forces , Secretary for the Home Department , and now Secretary for the Colonies . Whilst Paymaster of the Forces yon encouraged the army—whilst Secretary for the Home Department you raised their number ; and again , since you have been Secretary for the Colonies yon have sent upwards of twenty thousand men to Canada to suspend their constitution , and shoot the rebellious emigrants you sent Knv ^ nTitrVimnttfyprinff Parliament , vfriinh Vftn t / wtV muri

      out whilst Home Secretary-, and you atided fly © thousand more men to the army in England , because the voice of popular opinion was loud against the approaches of despotism , or because our domestic oppressors trembled in fear of retributive justice . In all these things the Reformed Parliament , the men elected by a particular class , supported yon in your career of political infamy . Had there been an honest Parliament , would they have voted away more money for the support of a standing army than suffices to defray the expense of the whole of the internal aud external

      Government of the United States ? Would they have waited session after session framing a New P * or Law Bill to rob the industrious but unfortunate poor of their miserable parish pittance , when the whole of the money received by the poor of England and Wales hi the shape of relief did not amount to the sum required to support the standing army ? Would they have passed " Suspension of the Militia" bills without a single dissent , or Mutiny Bill , year after year ; to keep up the standing army at a war estimate ? O , no ! honest Parliaments would have been the masters and not the servants of the Ministry .

      You say the standing army endangers the Constitution ; but I say a corrupt Parliament , or , if you please , if it will be more palatable , a reformed Parliament endangers it the more . Junius says , " We never can be really in danger until the forms entrusted to Parliament be used to stab the Constitution !'' J * j « fl Burleighalso said , " That England would never be mined but by a Parliament" So , my L ^ rd , the standing army is but the consequence of corrupt , i . e ., reformed Pariinments ; for were they honest , they would ( perhaps ) extinguish it at a breath . I say , perhaps ,

      because I believe that the power which created such an instrument of tyranny will ultimately prove too weak to destroy it ; and , like the days of old , some Cromwell will arise , and employ the army to establish a dictatorship . Our present Parliament and the standing army are most worthy coadjutors : the former makes laws , and the latter enforces thorn . The Ministry and the army are inseparable ; for bo long as the Executive or Ministerial powers are exerted to enforce a corrupt administration of the law , so long wilf they require the aid of a strong military power to preserve order in the country .

      You say , my Lord , " If the corrupt administrators or the law" ( you were not in office when your Lordship wrote this ) "hate an army to support them , the necessity for Reform vanishes , abases are perpetuated , and the reign of freedom is dosed for ever . " That sentence stamped your fame ; a halo of glowing patriotism around your name marked you out as the future Minister , to whose incomparable honesty , unassuming virtue , and cheerful energy , the task of ruling England ' s councils should devolve . You were at length called , but your flimsy patriotism vanished with your accession

      to pow « r . Under the mask of Reform , abuses are not only perpetuated , bat increased , and the reign of freedom you are endeavouring to close for ever by your attacks upon the liberty of the press , the suppression of popular opinion in public assemblies , the establishment of a gendarmerie , the suspension or abrogation of the county militias , the creating of bands of tramping commissioners , " forgers of lies , and physicians of no virtue , " and lastly , by your desire , to maintain entire the standing army , and to Increase it in proportion as your fears are increased by disaffectloa aud popular clamour for justice .

      " The standing army is really dangerous , " ( says you book ) " and the encouragement of military habits moat pernicious . " If so , my Lord , why do you thrust upon us a stiff-backed , collar-throated , pigeon-breasted , demi-millitaire poliee-foroe , trained and armed to fight against the people ? " And the reptile ( the standing ainy ) is the more to be guarded against , as It would approach without the rattle which gives warning of its vicinity , and serves as a preventative againsj its polsoni A Btandiug army , which destroyed the freedom of JEn ^ aad , would not march by beat of drum to Westminster and dismiss

      the H » use of Commons ; it would not proscribe the House of Peers , and deluge the atreeta of London with the blood of her magistrates , it "would appear as the guardian of order j it would support the authority of the two Houses of Parliament ; it would be hostile to none bid mobs and public meetings , and shed no blood but tiiat of labourers and journeymen . It would establish the despotic power not of a single king or a single general , but of a host of corrupt senators , and half-a-million of petty tyrants . " Bravo , my Lord f "A second Daniel come to judgment ! " Yes , the standiDg army will support the two Houses of

      Parliament The Corn Laws were imposed upon the country by a Parliament guarded by 10 , 000 bayonets , and the Reformed Parliament will never repeal them so long as those bayonets are at their command . The prayers of one million , two hundred thousand British subjects , in favour of Universal Suffrage , will avail little whilst the executive and th « legislative are supported by 113 , 000 soldiers , besides those upon half pay , retired list , pensioners , 27 , 000 policemen , 27 , 000 sailors and marines , and , should occasion require , foreign troops , under English pay , would be brought iu as guardians of order , and shed the blood of labourers and

      jourTieymen . In 1 SIC , Lord Grenville expressed his astonishment and horror at the idea of keeping up a war establishment in time of peace , and declared it to be the foundation of " ruin to the constitution . " Blackstone says , " The law and the constitution of this kingdom know not any such state or condition as that of a standing army . " Yet , you , my Lord , every year entail this burden upon us , notwithstanding your fears at such an act expressed in your book . Fletcher , of Saltown , a most sensible Scotchman , very significantly asserts , " Whether our enemies will conquer us Is uncertain but whether a standing army will enslave us . neither

      reason nor experience will suffer us to doubt" Will your Lordship reply by sa ing the people of England are not enslaved ? If so , go to the manufacturing districts of the north ; ask the factory child , the calico weaver , or the poor stocklnger of Leicestershire : from them your Lordship will learn how bitter is the curse of slavery ? Contrast their emaciated and toil-worn frames with the pampered soldiery—compare their wretched rags with the gaudy habiliments—measure their hours of toil with the idle days of the mercenary soldiery , and above all , enquire how the slave drags on a wretched existence , whilst the soldier fattens upon the slave ' s earnings ; and if you like , my Lardy . compare therelative degree of their usefulness to society .

      " Standing armies , " says Gilbert Stuart , introduce taxation into Europe ; enabling Kings to levy taxes at their pleasure and to survey in mockery the rights a * d prehnsions of the people , " Whatia the reason , my Lord , that the placemen , pensioners , Ministers , naval and military officers , national debt scrip and exchequer bill holders , bank monopolists , and others preying upon the public taxes , composing the talking house , laugh at the people ' s prayers , and mock their applications for justice ? I hope I am not impertinent , my Lord ? Is it because the standing army supports the authority of the two Houses of Parliament ? The learned Dean Swift

      regarded standing armies as being only " servants hired by a father of a family to keep his own children in slavery . " Such are your Guardians of order , " my Lord , and it is of no use to say that the people of England ar e not sharers . Your master , CConneU , calls the working class " a slave class , " and he is an authority yon dare not controvert . Mr . Arthur Young , tueugh inferior as an authority to O'Connell , truly says , " where Government only is armed there despotism is established , " Now seriously , my Lord , is It not your

      intention to centralize all the power hitherto possessed by the people in their local districts into the hands of the Ministry ? You cannot disguise the fact ; every Act of Parliament , every Order in Council , every act emanating from the Home Office , savours of Continental despotism ; in short , yon hare the power , as Aristotle says , " Those who command the arms in a country are masters of the state , and have it in their power to make what revolutions they please . " The standing army of England-has well nigh established a host of corrupt tenaton , mi half a million of petty tyrants , at

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      the same time it has hurried millions to a premature grave by starvation and misery . - ¦ ' ' ' Your Lordship's Obedient humble Servant , Vindicator . June 20 th , 1840 P . S . Next week I shall inquire into the materials of which the standing army is composed , and the details of cost * ¦ tmnfi ffmn { IShji tinvrfa *! miilfnna Ia a Mttm « fnM

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      TO THE MARQUIS OF NORMANBY

      Letter II . " Why should honour outlive honesty ?" Shaktpeare . M ? LORD , —Your Lordship ' s pedigree can be easily traced to its spurious source of not a century back , and the venality which gained or bought your hereditary title and estate , has been more easily transmitted with it , than would have been the merit on which alone a noble name ought to be conferred . A time-honoured nobleman would disdain to resort to those petty arts to gain popularity to which an upstart stoops , in order to rise into higher rank ; and a real nobleman would be ashamed to owe his honours to the vices , or the virtues of his forefathers—he would be too proud of his merit to be vain of his birth—he would never value himself on being " the accident of an accident "—he would rathei be respected as a good man than as a great lord , and he would despise the worship that is won by unfair or usurped advantages . The- mere noblemen by birth ,

      on the contrary , whom one of the unjust customs of this country has elevated to an artificial distinction which be could never have acquired naturally , is enabled by his superior privileges to trample on the noble of nature . Congreve saya ( and I quote him because your Lordship is a lover of plays )— "Don't you see how worthless great men , and dull rich rogues avoid a witty man of small fortune ? Why , he looks like a writ of inquiry into their titles and estates ; and seems commissioned by heaven to seize upon the better halt" Not possessed of those real qualifications whieh should support his pretensions , the spurious nobleman is obliged to assume them ; aud , when , by mere seeming , he can gain the credit of virtue , without relinquishing the pleasures of vice , he is deemed by himself a very olever man . The education of our aristocrats tends to root out all nature , and to artiticialise the character ; they are taught that truth and justice are vulgar qualities , fit only for the people The people ' s poet says t . ^ - \

      " A heartless breast a brainless head implies . " EUioii . Such are the generality of our noblemen , and I am sorry I can't except your Lordship . The vices Which have rained them iu private life , they carry into public life to ruin their country . They make the House of Lords a den of thieves—a gambler ' s hell , and the public purse is the prize they play for . He who can best delude tha people gains most backers—by tricking their opponents , they supplant them , and enter into their places without talent to perform the business , or virtue to fulfil duty . To keep in , in spite of the power that should kick them out , is their greatest praise , and to blunder is their least blame . Whether work be well done , or ill done , the pay is the same , the pay is sure ; and no matter for posthumous renown , bo long as they secure present influence and adulation .

      Ah , my Lord , you have shown us what a delusion aristocracy is . ' It is easier to dupe than to enlighten us ; fcut your Lordship has done both ! It is said that the fat of the snake is a cure for its venom . Your Lordship ' s folly is an antidote to your knavery . We took your Lordship for something more than man ; but we find that you are something less . As long as your " order" can delude the people , it is safe ; but the delusion is being fast dispelled and fer ever . The South Sea Islanders were taught to reverence a red rag , and the tallor-uiade star of a nobleman has been regarded as a star of destiny . Even gypsies find it necessary to toll " good fortunes , " and the people will no longer be mocked by state jugglers" Who keep the word of promise to ear ear , But break it to our hope . "

      Plato says , that the height of injustice is to seem just—it ia putting a cheat en justice itself . We deemed your Lordship a second Aristides ; but we did not give you tulficitnt credit for cunning and self-policy . Your Lordship was well aware that , had you really been a just man , you would never have received a Marquisate from thu present Ministry . No , instead of a coronet , they would have given you a shelL Your father would not allow the cups which you had won by horse-racing to be brought into his sight , and your son , if he inherits his grandfather's spirit , will never wear your Lordship ' s new coronet Bettor to wear a fool ' s cap than a knave ' s crown .

      My Lord Marquis , you are rightly styled—there is much marquetry in your character . In Jamaica you visited the Sunday schools , took the black children in your anna , and complimented the godly Dissenting Ministers . In Ireland you courted the popish priests , and were the peer of the people . You promised to lead them to the land of justice . They had been toiling through a wilderness of oppression , aud yon showed them the apples of hope , that , in the words of their best bard— "Temptthe eye , But turn to ashes on the lips . "—Moore .

      You left them eating those apples , and slipped across the stream . Must the people of England regard it as a compliment to their sagacity , that ; you have not thus attempted to deceive them ? You appear to us without disguise—we see you in yeur native blackness . It was aid , that Ireland was butter governed than Englandmore free from crime;—if this were really so , -why ahouid your Lordship have thought it necessary u change your policy when you came to England ? Why have yoa not so much as given us the show of justice ? Was it because you had not on orator in England to trumpet forth your fame ? It is true O'Connor is not on O'Connell—he has stripped the daw of its borrowed plumes .

      Making every allowance for the prejudices of birth , the force of ill-example , self-interest , aud an evil nature , ( and great allowances must be made on all these accounts , when we ore examining the conluct of on aristocrat ) still , my Lord , you have evinced a gratuitous love of persecution which shows that , had you not been a Lord , you would have , nevertheless , been a bad num . But why should being a Lord , or a Bishop , invert the man , or the Christian ? If it be in the nature of these superhuman distinctions to change men into fiends , in Gad ' s name , away with them altogether . Cant a Lord , or a Bishop , be content with their honours and emoluments , without degrading and impoverishing the unlettered and starving poor ? Does your Lordship dread the just claims » f the people ; or , viler still , do you silence their complaints and imprison their friends to conciliate your compeers ? It would seem so , from the invariable negative which you have returned to the petitions in behalf of the incarcerated patriots . My Lord , they will not suffer in vain .

      True greatness springs from goodness . Had your Lordship been just , you had been more than wealth or rank could moke yon . Not to be just is to make your title a mockery of yourself . Alas , many a " Right Honourable" is downright dishonest , and many a " MoBt Noble" is most mean . Your Lordship ' s rank and power will soon pass away with yourself ; but a good name endureth for ever . You might have kept the one , without losing the other ; but you must not expect to keep both money and stuff , as the costermongera say . Lofty distinctions were originally conferred to reward and to promote virtue , and it is incumbent on those who wear them to patronise the virtues that acquired them . Vice may be safely left to the patronage of worldly men—it is virtue that most needs

      encouragement , for it has the world to struggle against ; yet it obtains it least—those who are placed above the world trample on it , instead of reaching it a helping hand . Rank generally possesses wealth and patronage . On what is the wealth expended?—on whom is the patronage conferred ? Too generally on folly and fools . The people see this , aud they repine at it—they have a right to repine , because it is an abuse of the power derived from them , it might be deemed invidious in me to inquire how your Lordship expends the money which you receive from the public purse ; but I mav examine into the use of your public patronage . From

      what I have seen of it , I am sorry to say , that it does your Lordship no credit You owe debts of gratitude to private individuals , who , unfortunately , are incapable of doing public good , and , who axe , consequently , not worthy objects of public esteeni When you we& appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland , yon gave a berth of £ 300 a-year to a young gentleman whom you must have selected on the same principle that leads a master to choose % footman—he possessed a person that might show off a livery . Has your Lordship no discernment of merit , or do you deem , that the less merit there is iu the party chosen , the more is your Lordship ' s merit hi choosing him . Are fops your only favourites ?

      " A fellow feeling makes us wond ' rpus kind . " A parson who had scandalised his cloth by outraging the decencies of Bociallife , you appointed your private chaplain ; and , afterwards , got him presented to a wealthy living , uot so muohfor his skill in polemics , as in politics . The instances I have adduced , are well known in the town where the parties resided , and there is but one opinion concerning them—that which I have expressed . I could bring forward other instances of your Lordship ' s abuse of public patronage ; but I forbear , and will mention one or two of deserving characters whom you neglected in spite of urgent solicitations in their behalf . We could nave allowed your Iiordsliip to please yourself by a few instances of the former description , U only you would have pleased us by a few others of a redeeming character . But this you have not done .

      A self-taught marine artist had worked his way In spite of the numerous heavy impediments , which made Dr . Johnson exclaim" Slow rises worth by poverty depress'd , " until he obtained the gracious patronage of King William and Queen Adelaide ; but a severe illness and the death of his royal friend having flung him back his fellow-townsmen , proud of the honour which his genius and moral worth conferred oh his native place , signed a memorial , soliciting for him the honorary appointment of marine artist to her Majesty . This memor ial was entrusted to your Lordship for presenta tion—your Lordship having promised to hack it with your influence . It is now nearly two yean since , and we have heard no more about it Are we to suppose

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      that your Lordship does not possess sufficient influence at Court to obtain inch a trifling favour . The late Earl , your father , would not have failed , and it la grievous to think ( but trath must be told ) that the Tories are more liberal than the aelf-styled liberals in promoting talent and virtue . A Mulgrave was & patron of Dryden , and your father patronised Colman , the dramatis }; , and Jackson , the portrait painter . Could neither the merits of the artist , nor the recommendation of his friends , prevail with your Lordship ? I shall relate another instance of neglected merit left by your Lordship to pine in obscurity . A draraatlat , who had been a schoolfellow of Knowles , and was not far inferior to him in talent , solicited a berth as schoolmaster in Canada , when your Lordship was Secretary to ' the titaf vaii * TjmiarifntinM iiAf nnii _ M Mffi * fA *« t U <] Ha ««

      Colonies ; but your Lordship harshly repulsed him , although a famishing wife and family had prompted his application . Should I adduce a case of my own , it may be thought I am writing from mortified vanity , or disappointed ambition ; but your Lordship knows different , and I can fearlessly appeal to you . It pleases me to think , that I never solicited but one personal favour from your Lordship , aad that of the slightest description—a letter of introduction to a literary gentleman in London . Your Lordship was at that time Lord Lieutenant of Ireland , and you excused yourself on the score of public business . In the simplicity ot my heart , I very readily admitted such a laudable excuse ; but I have since learnt to appreciate your Lordship ' s business in Ireland .

      When I recently requested your Lordship to' order the Stockton magistrates to deliver up to me the property which they unjustly detained , your Lordship thought to please both parties , but I believe you pleased neither , by compromising the matter—ordering my pocket-book to be restored , but sanctioning the detention of my political pamphlets . Did your Lordship mean to infer by that , that I have no business with politics—or that the people should leave politics to your Lordship ? They would very gladly do so , for they have other urgent matters to attend to ; but they find , by bitter experience , that they must meddle with politics , or else such men as your Lordship will mar all . I know that I am rendering myself obnoxious to your Lordship , and that you have the power to persecute me , and that , by persecuting me , you would please the prejudices of a vast number of title-proud and purseproud tyrants and their-sycophants , who tremble at the name of truth , and have a horror at all the tellers of

      it . The fiends reared by the hideous system that curses thi £ eountry , have the world , your Lordship , and the devil on their side ; but the honest men who would fain introduce a better order of things , are imprisoned , tortured , and then tempted to renounce their humanity . How superior are Lovett and Collins , and Vincent , who bade your Lordship gtt behind them—how superior are such mon in a prison , to your Lordship in a palace . ' Their prison badges are more honourable to them than your coat of arms . Their prison fare , which they submit to for honesty ' s uake , ranks them even above a Curius and a MarveL Your Lordship refuses to alleviate their sufferings , unless they will give up their consciences ; but you have released a brothel-keeper , without requiring him to give up his " genteel aecoiumodatlons . " Brothel-keepers are friends of tha aristocracy ; but Chartists ore not We ore the friends of the people—of that people whose breath bore your Lordship into power , from whose labour you derive a princely income , but whom you mock and oppress in

      return . I thought I could have compressed into this letter what I hod to say to your Lordship ; but I find I must write you another . In the meantime , I remain , my Lord , Your Lordship ' s Friend , But no flatterer , J . Watkins .

      York Castle Mirror: Fcaroub O'Connor's Looking Glass.

      YORK CASTLE MIRROR : FCAROUB O'CONNOR'S LOOKING GLASS .

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      TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES . Tork Castle , June 5 th , 1840 . Sir , —Will you allow me space in your paper for the following statement of facts . I am , Sir , Your obedient servant , Feargus O'Connor . On tbe nth of May , I was committed to the Qnoon ' s Bench prison while in a very bad state of health . On the 12 th I was visited by my physician , Mr . Anthony

      Todd Thomson , M . D ., and also by my surgeon , Mr-Jagoe , of Hammers mi ttu Upon that occasion , Mr . Thomson , with the concurrence of Mr . Jagoe who Ir d attended me for nearly five yean , dictated an affidavit , in which he stated that imprisonment according to the usual prison discipline , and being deprived of exercise , would lay the foundation of disease , which would ultimately shorten my life . On the following morning , both gentlemen swore to the affidavit , which , with one rom myself , I forwarded to Lord Normanby .

      Notwithstanding remonstrance bo strong , I was removed from the Queen ' s Bench on Monday , May I 8 th , at half-past seven in the morning . I was lodged in York Castle on Tuesday night between ten and eleven o ' clock . I performed the service stated in my petition on the following day . I helped to wash the yard on Thursday , and to clean the day-room on Friday . My reasons for detailing these facts , I shall presently state . On Wednesday evening , one surgeon ordered me to have tea instead of skilly , and on Thursday the other surgeon ordered me a half-pound of mutton-chops , instead of the prison dinner r . on

      Friday , the 22 d , I drew np the petition which Mr . Sergeant Talfourd presented to tbe House of Commons : observe , Sir , on the 22 d . I was now under the Doctor's care for ill health , and he can order what regimen he thinks proper . The order is only continued during illness . The Deputy Governor engrossed my petition . The Governor read my petition when engrossed , and requested me to add that while in bad health I teas exempt from the duties imposed uptn prisoners , and of which I complained . From Thursday , the 21 st of May , to Monday , the 1 st of June , I was upon diet ordered by the physician and surgeon . On Saturday , the 30 th of

      May , I learned that my petition had not been presented , and on Sunday , tbe next day , I wrote to Mr . Sergeant Talfourd , requesting its immediate presentation '; and upon the same day I wrote a letter to Mr . Wakley , requesting that he would explain the case as it then stood , and also put him in possession of the affidavits and correspondence which I have given above . I told him that I did so , in order that any misrepresentations , of the Government should be promptly contradicted . Mr Wakley , however , did not think proper to read my letter . My petition was to be presented on Monday , a copy of which I had sent to Mr . Hague , chairman of the Visiting Magistrates . The post for London , from

      York , requires letters to be posted at eleven o ' clock , for the following day ' s delivery in London . About one or two o ' clock , Sir John Lister Kaye , one of the "Visiting Magistrates , along with Mr . Hague , called upon me with a list of proposals to be submitted to the Secretary of State on my behalf , and for which I felt extremely obliged , as well for the manner as the matter . Mr . Hague asked me , at the end of each question , wh « ther that was what I wanted ? to which I invariably replied , "Wo ; observe , Mr . Hague , these are your questions , not mine . My application is to be removed to the Queen ' s Bench . " I was then told that I was to find my own food , and to furnish the hospital room as I thought proper , for a sleeping-room .

      Now , Sir , you will observe , that even if diet and sleeping-room , had been my only complaints , and had a Communication to Mr . Swgoant Talfou * d keen requisite , I could not have made any till Wednesday , two days after my petition had been presented . Sir , my complainta are , that I am locked np in a felons' yard , and with felons , from seven o ' clock in the morning , till wven at night ; that if I take exercise in the . yard , I blister my feet ; and if I do not , I cannot eat or sleep ; that there is a privy without a door , and three sinks in the yard ; that I am in a felons' day-room , the door of which is not allowed to be closed , no matter

      from what quarter the wind blows . It is true I may go to my hospital , but it ia two hundred yards off , and I cannot command turnkeys to take me there , and let me out , when I please . My correspondence is all submitted for inspection to the Governor ; my , letters are delivered open , after being perused . I ant > rnbt allowed to see a newspaper , or to hear news , I am not allowed books . I am not allowed to see those who may wish to call upon me ; my solicitor has been refused admittance to me ; my editor , my publisher , and all my friends have been also refused

      admittance . I complain , Sir , of being differently treated from any other person ever convicted of a similor offence—the mere publication of what is called Libel . I complain of seeing no one but felons , gaolers , and turnkeys , —though a better man than the Governor never lived . I complain , Sir , that I came here for doing what must be done , so long as our Government is a corrupt Government ; for exposing their incompetency to rule a nation , against the nation ' s will . Why , may I ask , did not Mr . Wakley accord me the poor advantage of reading my totter ? —' - * « ¦' ¦——

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      I had got thus far with my statement , whenT , ¦ Crawford , Mr . Hague , Mr . Cayley , j . p ., ^ J I Governor , entered the day-room : and that nothing fe ! I be left to conjecture , I give the wordsat they ftu k ! ¦ each speaker and witness , together with the result I one of the m (» t extraordinary proceedings that baa eh I token place within the walls of an English prison , j H do not give the narrative upon my own evidence osh . ¦ I give it upon the evidence of , ( to use Mr . Hagi * B own words , ) the two most respectable prisoners in Yoa ¦ Castle , and , to which as it will appear , they are readj B to swear . Wa I h _ d ffQt thnfl fa * Wtf . h mv _ + _*« &m , «_ . _ . ' ^^ _ B

      . William White , prisoner in No . 2 Ward , and fello * . B prisoner of Mr . Feargus O'Connor , also confined in said fl Ward , was examined by Inspector Crawford , in »« . ¦ senoe of Mr . Hague , Chairman of the Visiting Maidl ¦ trates of York Castle , Mr . Tweedy , Visiting Magistrate I and Mr . Noble , the Governor . Examined by m ? Hague : — ' Have you ever seen Mr . O'Connor clean the prbv -w your Ward ? *

      No , I never did ; but Mr . O'Connor might have dob so without my seeing him ; he might do it while In ! in the day-room . How has Mr . O'Connor conducted himself ? Mr . O'Connor acts very much as the gentleman . Edward Whitworth , prisoner in No , 2 Ward , and the other fellow-prisoner of Mr . O'Connor , was next examined by Mr . Hague : — Did you ever see Mr . O'Connor dean the privy ? Yea . '

      What day -was ifcat on ? Wednesday morning , after he came in . Did you ask him ? B No . < ¦ Did any one else ? ¦ Not that I am aware of . I Then what mode Mr . O'Connor do it ? I Tha rules of the prison , I suppose ; that makes even I one do it ¦ Did you ever see him clean the yard ? ¦ Yes ; he came when I was cleaning it , and carried I water for me . I Did you ever see him take bis chamber-pot to hk I cell ? I Yes . ¦

      How often ? Twice , or three times ; but I believe he has done so I oftener . * ¦ Whondidyoufirst ' seehimdoBO ? I On the Wednesday night He brought It dowa ¦ again on Thursday morning ,- and took it np again ca I Thursday night , and brought it down again on Friday I morning ; and then he told me he had made avow I ntver to take it up again . I told him he had bettet I take it up that night , tor fear of being unwell in tin I night , and that I would bring it down ; and it was weB I I did so , as he Was taken very ill during the night 1 I brought it down , and took it np neit day ; and it fa ¦ lint in the same place ever since . ¦ The evidence of both witnesses was taken down in I writing by tbe inspector . I

      At half-past three o ' clock on the same day , I wag ¦ requested by the turnkey to leave my cell , as the fa . I spector and Mr . Hague wished to inspect it I did so ; I and my cell was inspected . Upon tbe same day , tin I turnkeys were examined minutely , as to matters coo . I nected with my situation , and as to any complaints I I might be in the habit of win-Ving . When I heard of ¦ the examination which had taken place , I instantly I despatched a letter , of which the following is a copy , to I Mr . Hague : — ¦ York Castle , June 4 th , 1840 . I

      Sir , —Understanding that a Commissioner has beet ¦ sent to York for the purpose of investigating the faota I contained in my petition sent to Sergeant Talfourd fcr I presentation to tbe House of Commons , I demand , fat I the ends of justice , that you and the Governor should I be examined in my presence ; and also that I "Ml bt I examined by the said Commissioner , when I shall be B prepared to prove , to his entire satisfaction , that even H sentence in my petition is true . ¦ I have the honour to be < B Your obedient Servant , B Feabgus O'Connor . H Barnard Hague , Esq ., H Visiting Magistrate . B

      On Friday , about one o ' clock , the Inspector visited H me in my day-room . He was accompanied by Mi H Hague , Mr . Cayley , Visiting Magistrates , and M * B Noble , the Governor . White and Whitworta I were ordered to retire ; when Mr . Crawford said , " Mr . O'Connor , I am the Gaol Inspector for the Home Circuit I am not now on any duty here ; I don't be » long to this district ; being in York , I merely came to see the prison . I merely mention this in consequence of the misapprehension which , from your letter to Mr . Hague , you seem to be under . " I replied " that I bad hoped he was the Inspector , and I very much Wished to have my petition and case thoroughly investigate * before some authorised person . Mr . Hague then directed that White should be called in . He appeared ^ and the following exainination proceeded

      ;*—Mr . Hague—In addition'to what yoa said last night , did you ever see Mr . O'Connor perform any menial service ? I saw him clean and wash the yard , and aweep the day-room . How often ; a many times . ? I can't say hew often . You told us last night that you had never seen Mr , O'Connor clean the privy ; is it so ? I said then , as I Bay now , Sir , that Mr . O'Connor might have done it several times without being ob » i served by me ; and I have heard he has done it Did you ever see Mr . O'Connor take hiafihamber-pat upstairs ? B Yes . ' fl How often ? I

      Oh ! I cannot say for that ; may happen three or four I times . I Mr . O'Connor , to the Inspector—Am I now at liberty to ask White a few questions ? Inspector—Why , Mr . Hague ia conducting thi INVESTIGATION . * Mr . Hague not having any further questions to puL I then examined White as follows : — White , you are very much in the habit of writing at that hole in the wall , I belieTe ? ¦ •'¦' I am , Sir .

      Now , would it be possible for you , from that spot , to see any person who was engaged in cleansing tbs privy ? ¦ ¦ - > - ¦ ; Dear , no . Sir , it would be quite impossible . f Or from any part of this day-room , I presume , ex » !¦ cept you went to the door ? * Quite so . ¦ Then I might have done so a hundred times unob * , served by you ? ; Clearly . ! Have you any reason to doubt that I have done it ? ' None whatever . Whether do yon consider my health better or worse , than when I first came to this prison . Very much worse , as we have both often said . : Have I not daily complained of my increasing debility and loss of strength ? '

      Why , Sir , I did not require your word , for I sawtt myself , and I have frequently told you so . Since I came into this prison , did you ever meet Witt > a better conducted man ? ] No : never in my life . Edward Whitworth called in and examined by Mr . '; Hague : — | Repeat the number of times yoa have seen Mr . i O'Connor take ais chamber-pot up and down stairsf ; :. Witness repeated as stated on the previous day . , Did yon see Mr . O'Connor clean the privy , and ho « '¦ ' ¦ often ? Once , as I stated before . Did you Ask him ? No .

      Has he assisted you to do other work , and what ? ' Why , he has washed the yard with me , and swept and . cleaned ouj ^ the day-cell , token out the ashes , aai frequently broke the stone for me to scour with . Were you not told by the Governor that Mr . O'Cso * ] nor Wa 9 not to do those things ? ' No , certainly not ; but the Governor said that bB was sure I would do anything for Mr . O'Connor . ' ¦ Examined by Mr . O'Connor : — Do you recollect Wednesday morning , after It ** been sent here ? '

      Yes . ¦ - ; . ¦ r Do you recollect my going into the yard , when yc « > were cleansing the privy , and you ' re then saying to fflfc t " this will be part of your nice work ?" Yes , perfectly well . '¦ '' ¦ Did I not then Bay , " Well if I am to do it atlM *»' I suppose I may as well do it first as last ? " ' You did ; or words to that effect ^' ! Did I not then take my fall share in the job I I You did , till the splashing of the water wet T >*\ ' ) feet , and then I requested you to desist ; andyof 1 ' then pumped the water and brought it to me . . : Did y » u not consider It a . rule which equally appB ** ' to every prisoner in thitg&ol ? ii Certainly : and so It is . f

      Did I not upon the following day help you to eie «» V wash , and sweep the yard , pumping water , bring uT * " ] to you , and sweeping the channel ? , You did . ] Is not that a part of every prisoner ' s duty also ? Certainly . - ! , Have I not cleansed this day-room , and a ssisted a . many other menial occupations ? You have . , ^ a One scouring day , did I not tell you that I cottW n » bear to see one man doing the whole business of «** ward ; that my back was so bad I could not stoop j w » . that I could dry rub and bteak the stones , wnicn * did ? Yes , I recollect it perfectly . \~ ntrf Have I ever shown you my boots when I cam * PW . w my cell ? ( Continued in our setmth page , )

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), July 11, 1840, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/king-y1kbzq92ze2692/page/6/